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title: "vLex: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "vLex is legal research platform. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/vlex"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# vLex: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

vLex is legal research platform. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: vLex
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among legal research platforms**: 7.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Legal research platforms | 3 | 7.2% | 40.5K |

- [Legal research platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/legal-research-platforms)

## How has branded search demand for vLex changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for vLex worldwide fell from 60.5K to 40.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, vLex’s estimated Share of Search among legal research platforms worldwide peaked at 13.3% in July 2026 and was lowest at 7.2% in February 2026.

## How did search popularity change for legal research platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Westlaw gained estimated Share of Search among legal research platforms worldwide, from 29.7% to 35.9%.
- In August 2026, vLex lost estimated Share of Search among legal research platforms worldwide, from 13.3% to 7.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Casetext worldwide fell 75.8% over 11 measured months, from 6.6K to 1.6K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Bloomberg Law worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 14.8K to 12.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for LexisNexis worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 368K to 301K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Fastcase worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 4.4K to 3.6K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Legal research platforms | 60.5K | 7.4% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Legal research platforms | 60.5K | 9.6% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Legal research platforms | 40.5K | 8% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Legal research platforms | 49.5K | 8% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Legal research platforms | 49.5K | 7.2% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Legal research platforms | 60.5K | 8.6% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Legal research platforms | 60.5K | 10.5% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Legal research platforms | 60.5K | 10.5% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Legal research platforms | 74K | 12.5% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Legal research platforms | 74K | 13.3% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Legal research platforms | 40.5K | 7.2% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Legal research platforms | — | — | — |

## How is vLex measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using vLex’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “vlex”

## Which legal research platforms compete with vLex?

- [LexisNexis](/demand/global-en/brands/lexisnexis): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lexisnexis-vs-vlex
- [Westlaw](/demand/global-en/brands/westlaw): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/vlex-vs-westlaw
- [Bloomberg Law](/demand/global-en/brands/bloomberg-law): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/bloomberg-law-vs-vlex
- [Fastcase](/demand/global-en/brands/fastcase): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/fastcase-vs-vlex
- [Casetext](/demand/global-en/brands/casetext): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/casetext-vs-vlex

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "vLex: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/vlex

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